Re: [Proto-Scripty] Sorting some spans.
On 2 July 2010 22:37, Richard Quadling wrote: > On 2 July 2010 11:22, Alex McAuley wrote: >> But richard... Font sizes and styles aside... the span with the largest >> amount of text will still be the widest and vice versa!!... >> >> ABCDEFG is still wider than ABCDE no matter the font size!! >> >> Alex Mcauley >> http://www.thevacancymarket.com >> - Original Message - From: "Richard Quadling" >> To: >> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 11:57 PM >> Subject: Re: [Proto-Scripty] Sorting some spans. >> >> >>> On 1 July 2010 21:28, Alex McAuley >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> If I was tackling this I would attach a class and id to the spans and >>>> select >>>> them all then find out all of the widths of each span as a number then >>>> sort >>>> them into high to low / low to high then redraw them all .. Prolly not >>>> the >>>> most efficient but it would work. >>>> >>>> If you are using php you could do this without javascript based on strlen >>>> of >>>> the text that sits in the span and sort() / usort() the array then loop >>>> it >>>> ... >>> >>> The widths are dependent upon the font, size and styling being used, >>> not under my control. >>> >>> The size of the display isn't under my control. >>> >>> So all of this is done in realtime on the client. Chrome is WAY the >>> fastest in this and is not really noticeable. >>> >>> IE and FF are quite slow, but I've not yet optimized the code. >>> >>> So once the client has tidied the display, I know how many columns I >>> can have to fill. >>> >>> The example I provided is dummy data and without the JS to do the calc. >>> >>> I'm stuck on the algorithm for sorting the data the way I want. I can >>> see that I need to tag the spans if I want to sort them, but I can't >>> work out what the sort mechanics need to be. >>> > > W is a LOT wider than an i > > > And if they style this in a narrow font, I may get 8 columns. If they > style with additional images (flags, logos, etc.), then the width is > very much different. > A real example from one of the data sets. Hill Hire ASDA OK, Hill Hire _is_ wider than ASDA, but only just, yet has more than twice the number of characters. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. To post to this group, send email to prototype-scriptacul...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to prototype-scriptaculous+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en.
Re: [Proto-Scripty] Sorting some spans.
On 2 July 2010 11:22, Alex McAuley wrote: > But richard... Font sizes and styles aside... the span with the largest > amount of text will still be the widest and vice versa!!... > > ABCDEFG is still wider than ABCDE no matter the font size!! > > Alex Mcauley > http://www.thevacancymarket.com > - Original Message - From: "Richard Quadling" > To: > Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 11:57 PM > Subject: Re: [Proto-Scripty] Sorting some spans. > > >> On 1 July 2010 21:28, Alex McAuley >> wrote: >>> >>> If I was tackling this I would attach a class and id to the spans and >>> select >>> them all then find out all of the widths of each span as a number then >>> sort >>> them into high to low / low to high then redraw them all .. Prolly not >>> the >>> most efficient but it would work. >>> >>> If you are using php you could do this without javascript based on strlen >>> of >>> the text that sits in the span and sort() / usort() the array then loop >>> it >>> ... >> >> The widths are dependent upon the font, size and styling being used, >> not under my control. >> >> The size of the display isn't under my control. >> >> So all of this is done in realtime on the client. Chrome is WAY the >> fastest in this and is not really noticeable. >> >> IE and FF are quite slow, but I've not yet optimized the code. >> >> So once the client has tidied the display, I know how many columns I >> can have to fill. >> >> The example I provided is dummy data and without the JS to do the calc. >> >> I'm stuck on the algorithm for sorting the data the way I want. I can >> see that I need to tag the spans if I want to sort them, but I can't >> work out what the sort mechanics need to be. >> W is a LOT wider than an i And if they style this in a narrow font, I may get 8 columns. If they style with additional images (flags, logos, etc.), then the width is very much different. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. To post to this group, send email to prototype-scriptacul...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to prototype-scriptaculous+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en.
Re: [Proto-Scripty] Sorting some spans.
But richard... Font sizes and styles aside... the span with the largest amount of text will still be the widest and vice versa!!... ABCDEFG is still wider than ABCDE no matter the font size!! Alex Mcauley http://www.thevacancymarket.com - Original Message - From: "Richard Quadling" To: Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 11:57 PM Subject: Re: [Proto-Scripty] Sorting some spans. On 1 July 2010 21:28, Alex McAuley wrote: If I was tackling this I would attach a class and id to the spans and select them all then find out all of the widths of each span as a number then sort them into high to low / low to high then redraw them all .. Prolly not the most efficient but it would work. If you are using php you could do this without javascript based on strlen of the text that sits in the span and sort() / usort() the array then loop it ... The widths are dependent upon the font, size and styling being used, not under my control. The size of the display isn't under my control. So all of this is done in realtime on the client. Chrome is WAY the fastest in this and is not really noticeable. IE and FF are quite slow, but I've not yet optimized the code. So once the client has tidied the display, I know how many columns I can have to fill. The example I provided is dummy data and without the JS to do the calc. I'm stuck on the algorithm for sorting the data the way I want. I can see that I need to tag the spans if I want to sort them, but I can't work out what the sort mechanics need to be. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. To post to this group, send email to prototype-scriptacul...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to prototype-scriptaculous+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. To post to this group, send email to prototype-scriptacul...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to prototype-scriptaculous+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en.
Re: [Proto-Scripty] Sorting some spans.
On 1 July 2010 21:28, Alex McAuley wrote: > If I was tackling this I would attach a class and id to the spans and select > them all then find out all of the widths of each span as a number then sort > them into high to low / low to high then redraw them all .. Prolly not the > most efficient but it would work. > > If you are using php you could do this without javascript based on strlen of > the text that sits in the span and sort() / usort() the array then loop it > ... The widths are dependent upon the font, size and styling being used, not under my control. The size of the display isn't under my control. So all of this is done in realtime on the client. Chrome is WAY the fastest in this and is not really noticeable. IE and FF are quite slow, but I've not yet optimized the code. So once the client has tidied the display, I know how many columns I can have to fill. The example I provided is dummy data and without the JS to do the calc. I'm stuck on the algorithm for sorting the data the way I want. I can see that I need to tag the spans if I want to sort them, but I can't work out what the sort mechanics need to be. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. To post to this group, send email to prototype-scriptacul...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to prototype-scriptaculous+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en.
Re: [Proto-Scripty] Sorting some spans.
If I was tackling this I would attach a class and id to the spans and select them all then find out all of the widths of each span as a number then sort them into high to low / low to high then redraw them all .. Prolly not the most efficient but it would work. If you are using php you could do this without javascript based on strlen of the text that sits in the span and sort() / usort() the array then loop it ... Alex Mcauley http://www.thevacancymarket.com - Original Message - From: "Richard Quadling" To: Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 4:04 PM Subject: [Proto-Scripty] Sorting some spans. Hi. I've got a containing a set of sort of thing. Using some CSS and JS I've got all the checkboxes to line up in a grid and it all looks very nice. The labels are from a DB and are ordered alphabetically. But when rendered, the list reads across and then down, rather than down and then across. e.g. a b c d e f g h i j k l rather than a d g j b e h k c f i l The grid (via the JS) auto sizes the spans to equally space the elements. The number of columns is determined by the maximum size of the labels, the size of the container and the screen size. None of which is under my control, and therefore I'll never know up front how many columns. So, with that, is there a way to reorder the spans so they read in columns first. I've got a static mockup at http://pastebin.com/Sb5A83wh Any ideas? Regards, Richard. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. To post to this group, send email to prototype-scriptacul...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to prototype-scriptaculous+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. To post to this group, send email to prototype-scriptacul...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to prototype-scriptaculous+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en.
[Proto-Scripty] Sorting some spans.
Hi. I've got a containing a set of sort of thing. Using some CSS and JS I've got all the checkboxes to line up in a grid and it all looks very nice. The labels are from a DB and are ordered alphabetically. But when rendered, the list reads across and then down, rather than down and then across. e.g. a b c d e f g h i j k l rather than a d g j b e h k c f i l The grid (via the JS) auto sizes the spans to equally space the elements. The number of columns is determined by the maximum size of the labels, the size of the container and the screen size. None of which is under my control, and therefore I'll never know up front how many columns. So, with that, is there a way to reorder the spans so they read in columns first. I've got a static mockup at http://pastebin.com/Sb5A83wh Any ideas? Regards, Richard. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. To post to this group, send email to prototype-scriptacul...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to prototype-scriptaculous+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en.
